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A manuscript page of Salagramas<br />
for meditation, indicating the<br />
auspicious results obtained from<br />
their worship. Rajasthan, c. 18th<br />
century. Ink and colour on paper.<br />
148<br />
the mind: when it is calm, we see what our own nature is; we do<br />
not mix ourselves with the modification of the mind; but remain<br />
our own selves.' 35<br />
Meditation presupposes a subject, an object and an experiential<br />
process. Though these three combine to form a unit, the emphasis<br />
is on the process, which transforms and is the medium of<br />
'awareness' and ultimate realization. Pranayama, dharana or<br />
concentration, and meditation itself are phases of the same process.<br />
Each successive phase is a subtle refinement of the former. If a<br />
single act of attention is focusing one's mind on a particular object,<br />
idea or feeling, then concentration is an intensification of the same<br />
process by blocking off our awareness of every distraction from the
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